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Curriculum Vitae

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

2012

Ph.D. in Anthropology at The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School; New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP); International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS)
Dissertation Title: Evolution of the Face in mid Pleistocene Homo-3D Surface Analysis of Ontogeny, Allometry and Evolution
Primary supervisor: Eric Delson
Co-supervisors: Katerina Harvati, Jean-Jacques Hublin, and Philipp Gunz

2002 B.A. in Anthropology, New York University

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2012-

Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Human Evolution; Leipzig, Germany

2005

Teaching Assistant, Department of Cell Biology and
Anatomical Sciences, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical
Education/CUNY
Medical Gross Anatomy and Embryology

2004-2006

Adjunct Lecturer, Lehman College/CUNY
Introduction to Human Evolution
Introduction to Human Variation

 

HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS

2009

Leakey Foundation General Research Grant: $10,970

2009

National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation
Improvement Grant: $10,825

2008

Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research: $500

2007-2011

Pre-Doctoral Fellowship awarded by the Max Planck
Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany: $1,650/month

2006

Graduate Research Grant awarded by the City University of
New York Graduate School: $1,000

2004, 2005

Sue Rosenberg Zalk Travel and Research Grant, CUNY
Grad Center for conference participation: $300

 

PUBLICATIONS

2012

Freidline, S.E., Gunz, P., Jankovic, I., Harvati, K., Hublin,
J.J. A comprehensive morphometric analysis of the frontal and zygomatic bone of the Zuttiyeh fossil from Israel. Journal of Human Evolution 62: 225-241.

2010

Baab, K., Freidline, S.E., Wang, S.L., Hanson, T.
Relationship of cranial robusticity to cranial form,
geography and climate in Homo sapiens. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 141: 97-115.

 

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
*PRESENTER

2012

*Freidline, S.E., Gunz, P., Harvati, K., Hublin, J.J. Middle
Pleistocene human facial morphology. American
Association of Physical Anthropology – Portland. Am. J. Phys.
Anthropol. S54: 147.

2011

*Freidline, S.E., Gunz, P., Harvati, K., Hublin, J.J. Middle
Pleistocene human facial morphology in an evolutionary and
developmental context. European Society for Human Evolution
Inaugural Meeting
– Leipzig.

2011

*Freidline, S.E., Gunz, P., Harvati, K., Hublin, J.J. Allometry
and evolution of the face in mid-Pleistocene Homo. American
Association of Physical Anthropology - Minneapolis. Am. J. Phys.
Anthropol. S52: 138.

2010

*Freidline, S.E., Gunz, P., Harvati, K., Hublin, J.J. 3D
semilandmark geometric morphometric quantification of modern
human facial development. American Association of Physical
Anthropology – Albuquerque. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. S50: 93.

2009

*Freidline, S.E., Gunz, P., Harvati, K., Jankovic, I., Delson, E., Hublin, J.J.3D landmark and semilandmark geometric morphometric analysis of the Zuttiyeh fronto-zygomatic fragment. Invited Presentation at the Symposium on “The Transition from Archaic to Modern: Quantitative Approaches” – Leipzig.

2009

Freidline, S.E., Gunz, P., Harvati, K., Jankovic, I., Delson, E.,
Hublin, J.J. 3D Landmark and semilandmark geometric
morphometric analysis of the Zuttiyeh fronto-zygomatic
fragment. American Association of Physical Anthropology
Chicago. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. S48:129-130.

2008

Freidline, S.E., Gunz, P., Harvati, K., Delson, E., Hublin, J.J.
How three-dimensional surface data can be used to reconstruct
fragmentary fossils. American Association of Physical
Anthropology – Philadelphia. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. S46: 99.

 

DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING SKILLS

  • Experience working with industrial (BIR ACTIS 225/300) and medical (Toshiba Aquilion) Computed Tomography (CT) scanners and laser (Minolta Vivid 910) and white light (Breuckmann optoTOP-HE) surface scanners
  • Extensive knowledge of the following software used to reconstruct and edit scans and measure and analyze morphometric data: Amira (Visage Imaging), Aviso (Visualization Sciences Group), Geomagic Studio, OptoCat, Edgewarp 3D, European Virtual Anthropology Network (EVAN) Toolbox, Landmark Editor, Morphologika, Morpheus, R (programming language)
  • Collected CT or surface scan data from the following institutions: Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University; Rockefeller Museum (Jerusalem); American Museum of Natural History (New York); Natural History Museum (Vienna); South African Museum (Cape Town); University of Cape Town Medical School; Rheinisches Landesmuseum (Bonn); Institute of Paleontology and Geology (Zagreb); Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest); Moravian Museum (Brno)

 

FIELD WORK

2008

Fieldwork at Gran Dolina, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain, a
Pleistocene hominin site

2005

Fieldwork at Sima de Las Palomas, Murcia, Spain, an Upper
Paleolithic hominin site, affiliated with the University of
Murcia, Spain

2005

Fieldwork at Seneze, France, a Pliocene fossil mammal
site, affiliated with City University of New York

2003

Field school in Makapansgat, South Africa, a Plio-
Pleistocene hominin site, affiliated with Arizona State
University and University of Witwatersrand

2000

Field School in Mortuary Archaeology at Khuzir-Nuge XIV,
Lake Baikal, Siberia, affiliated with the University of Alberta and University of Irkutz

 

INTERNSHIPS

2003

American Museum of Natural History,
Biological Anthropology; Project directors: Drs. Ian Tattersall and Ken Mowbray

2003

American Museum of Natural History, North American
Archaeology; Project directors: Drs. Lorie Pendelton, David
Hurst-Thomas and Matt Sanger

 

WORKSHOP AND SYMPOSIA ORGANIZATION

2011

Organized and co-chaired a podium symposium at the
American Association of Physical Anthropology meeting in
Minneapolis entitled: “Muddles in the Middle: Current
Perspectives on Middle Pleistocene Human Evolution”

2007-2010

Participation in EVAN Marie Curie Research Training
Network

2005

Student Planning Committee, NYCEP "Monkeys Old and
New" Symposium

 

REFEREE FOR JOURNALS

  • Journal of Human Evolution
  • Journal of Anthropological Sciences

 

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

2006

Laser scanned hominin skeletal casts for the Hall of Human
Origins, American Museum of Natural History

2006

Collected laser scan data for a database being compiled by
the New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
(NCYEP) Morphometrics Group

2006 - Present

Member of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists

2004 - 2006

Assistant Secretary Paleoanthropology Society

2004 - Present

Member of Paleoanthropology Society

 

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